Coat and method of making the same



Aug. 14, 1923.

W. R. MESTICE COAT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Oct, 13 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 14-, E923. EA-64,8861

. W. R. MESTHCE COAT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Oct. 13 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 14, 11923.

UNHD 'TAS WILLIAM R. MESTICE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COAT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

Application filed October 13, 1922.

To all w horn it may 00 11 06 m Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. MESTICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Coats and Meth- A further object of the invention resides,

in cutting and positioning certain elements of a garment'cloth blank so that little or no material is wasted in making the same and that when certain parts of the blank are connected together the finished coat will have a properly positioned and fitting waistline and a flat and flaring lower seat portion.

Still further objects of the invention are to provide a garment blank which when gathered together and made of striped material will assist in keeping the proper symmetry of the stripes, which can be readily and simply assembled and which embodies a novel design whereby an eflicient and properly fittin coat is produced.

v iththese and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood there are shown in the drawings, means for carrying into practical efi'ect without limiting the improvements in their useful applications'to the particular constructions, which for the purposes of explanation, have been'made the subject of illustration.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of the, invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of a modified form of th invention.

In Fig. 1 the numeral 1 designates a coat or garment blank made of the fabric material of which the garment is to be made or of paper and used as a pattern from which the Serial No. 594,413.

garment is fashioned. This blank or pattern comprises a front panel portion 2 and a rear panel portion 3 integrally connected to each other by the lower side-extending portion 4. The panel 2 is provided with a front edge 5, a lapel portion 6, collar portion 7, a top slanting shoulder edge 8 and a curved armpit edge 9. The panel 3 is provided with a rear centrally located vertical edge 10, a curved neck-engaging edge 11, a top slanting shoulder edge 12 and a curved armpit engaging edge 13.

The pattern 1 is provided with a dart or cutout portion 14 extending from the lower part of the armpit portion to the point 15 approximately in the locality of the usual pocket flap 50 thereby providing the front panel 2 with a slightly curved or straight edge 16 and the rear panel 3 with a deeply curved edge 17 as clearly shown in the drawing. The pointed edge A formed by the manner of making the edges 13 and 17 is positioned an appreciable distance below the upwardly and outwardl standing p'ointed edge A while the pointe edge A formed by the manner of making the edges 12 and 13 is positioned an appreciable distance below the pointed edge A formed by the manner of making the edges 8 and 9.

In assembling the garment blank of Fig. 1 the edges 8 and 12 are stitched together with the points A and A. coinciding and the edges 16 and 17 are brought together and stitched to each other with the points A and A coinciding and the points A and A coinciding.

It will of course be understood that the blank shown in Fig. 1 is but half of a coat and in making a ll coat another similar blank is used with the rear centrally located vertical edges 10 stitched to each other.

The form shown in Fig. 2 differs from that of 1 in that instead of stitching two similar separate sections together in making a whole coat a single integral back panel 20 is provided and is integrally connected to the front panels 2 by means of the side-extending portions 4. It will be further understood, that in this form the oints A? and A ;A and A; A and A 4 and A A and A; and A and A are in substantial horizontal alignment with each other when the blank or coat material is flat and unassembled.

' If desired a breast pocket 51 may be provided.

It will be understood that the invention is applicable to all types of coats and overcoats such as full dress, cutaway, English Walking, Prince Albert, uniform, frock and the like.

What it claim is:

l. A coat blank having an arm opening and a front and a rear panel separated by a cut out portion extending downward from said arm opening and terminating in a V shaped apex in alignment with the axis of said portion, the front edge of said out out portion being approximately straight and the rear edge of said out out portion being concave.

2. A coat blank having arm openings and a plurality of front panels and a rear panel, cut out portions separating the front panels from the rear panel and extending downward from said arm openings and terminating in a V shaped apex in alignment with the axis of said portions, the front edges of said of said cut-out portion curved and the frontedge of said cut-out portion substantially straight, the distance between the bottom of said cut-out portion and the top of said rear edge being less than the distance from said bottom to the top of said front edge.

In testimony whereof, if have hereunto set my hand at New York, N. Y. this 9th day of October 1922.

WM. R. MESTICE.

Witness Josnrn STRAUSS. 

